Republic of Kosovo Systematic Country Diagnostic

doi:10.1596/26573

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Republic of Kosovo Systematic Country Diagnostic

dc.contributor.author	World Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-10T18:35:35Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-10T18:35:35Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01
dc.description.abstract	Kosovo is Europe’s youngest country in terms of history and demographics. Both characteristics are defining the country’s overarching development challenges. The country’s geographical position along major trade routes made its territory a pawn in the hands of powerful neighbors, from the Romans and the Ottoman Empire to Yugoslavia. The considerable amount of self-governance granted to Kosovo under the Yugoslav Constitution of 1974, as a province of Serbia, but not as a constituent republic of the federation, proved politically unsustainable, as temporary gains in self-rule were reversed by Belgrade during the Milosevic era. The period after 1989 was characterized by increased repression and violence, culminating in war and population expulsion in 1998–99. During the immediate post conflict period, United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1244 placed Kosovo under UN interim administration. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence. The transition period of supervised independence ended four and a half years later. International recognition has remained partial and has precluded Kosovo from joining the UN as a full member.4 In the wake of these developments, public institutions had to be established from scratch and earn the population’s acceptance and credibility as their own. The remainder of this document is organized as follows. Section two presents the country context, including political and economic conditions, and discusses factors behind recent trends in growth, shared prosperity, and poverty. It concludes with a proposed conceptual framework. Sections three–six describe key drivers and the principal constraints to growth, shared prosperity, and poverty reduction. Section seven examines the priority areas for action.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282091494340650708/Kosovo-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/26573
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26573
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FINANCE
dc.subject	TAXATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SHARED PROSPERITY
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.title	Republic of Kosovo Systematic Country Diagnostic	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Republic of Kosovo Systematic Country Diagnostic
okr.date.disclosure	2017-05-09
okr.doctype	Systematic Country Diagnostic
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282091494340650708/Kosovo-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/26573
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	27436685
okr.identifier.report	114618
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282091494340650708/pdf/Kosovo-SCD-FINAL-May-5-C-05052017.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country	Kosovo
okr.topic	Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Macroeconomic Management
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Business Environment
okr.unit	Europe Western Balkans (ECCWB)